Hey there! Today, we’re going to have some fun playing hide and seek in the forest. Are you ready? Let’s go!
Our friend Rex is trying to hide. He thinks he can cover himself with sticks. But oh no, Zack can still see him because the sticks don’t cover all the yellow! Rex needs to find a better way to hide.
Next, Rex tries using leaves. He thinks they will cover him completely. Zack counts to ten and starts looking for Rex. But the wind blows the leaves away, and Zack finds him again!
Rex has a new idea! He sees some mud and thinks it will cover his shiny yellow paint. He covers himself with mud, and this time, Zack has a harder time finding him. Great job, Rex!
Now, Zack and his friends are looking for Sandy. They see tracks on the ground and decide to follow them. But when they reach a rock, the tracks disappear. What should they do?
They remember that Sandy leaves tracks on soft dirt, so they look for more tracks after the rock. Yay, they find them and continue their search!
As they follow the tracks, they reach tall grass. The tracks stop, but they notice the grass is pushed over. Sandy must have gone through there!
They keep looking and finally find Sandy hiding under a pile of leaves. Hooray, they found her!
Our friends learn that sometimes they have to try different things to solve a problem. If one way doesn’t work, they try again. Just like when they couldn’t hear each other over the water, they used their eyes instead of their ears to find each other.
Rex and Zack are in a maze. They decide to leave a trail of rocks to find their way back. It works, and they find the way out!
But oh no, someone cleaned up the rocks! Now they have to solve the maze again. But that’s okay because trying again is part of the fun!
When playing hide and seek or solving puzzles, it’s important to be creative, try new things, and never give up. Keep playing and having fun!
Thanks for joining us on this adventure. Let’s play again soon!
Nature’s Camouflage: Go on a nature walk with your child and collect different natural items like leaves, sticks, and stones. Once back home, use these items to create a camouflage for a small toy or object. Ask your child to explain why they chose certain items and how they help the toy blend into its surroundings. Discuss how animals use camouflage in the wild to hide from predators.
Track the Path: Create a simple obstacle course in your backyard or living room using pillows, chairs, and blankets. Pretend to be explorers following tracks, just like Zack and his friends. Use string or yarn to mark a path through the course. Encourage your child to follow the path and find a hidden treasure at the end. Talk about how following clues can help solve problems.
Problem-Solving Stories: Ask your child to draw a picture or tell a story about a time they had to solve a problem by trying different things, just like Rex and Zack. Encourage them to think about what they learned from the experience. Discuss how trying new solutions can be fun and rewarding, even if the first attempt doesn’t work.
Here’s a sanitized version of the provided YouTube transcript, with unnecessary filler words and sounds removed for clarity:
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Okay, let’s see this rock. Wait a minute, I could cover myself with sticks. This will work for sure. Eight, nine, ten. Where are you? Not here, I come! I’ve got to find you because I’m the best hiding stick player in the whole forest.
Rex, I can see you! You can? I thought the disguise was perfect. Well, I can still see a lot of yellow. Those sticks don’t cover you that well. I guess I’ve got to make sure I’m completely covered.
Okay, Zack, let’s try again. You want me to count again? Yep, okay. Let’s see… Hey, look at all the leaves! Oh wait, leaves will cover me completely. They’ll cover all my yellow. That’s perfect!
Eight, nine, ten. Ready or not, here I come! I’ve got to find you because I’m the best finder in surveillance. Zack went right by me. When I find you, this is a really good hiding spot you’ve got this time, Rex, but I’m still going to find you.
Nice try, Rex! You almost had me there too, but about half your disguise blew away. Well, it was good for a minute until the wind decided to blow. I know I can find a disguise that will make you give up, Zack. I just need to find something that will cover all of me and stay that way.
There’s only one thing to do, right? You want me to count again? Yeah, you count and I’ll go look. Okay, here I go.
Oh, look at that! I love mud, but this is not the time to play in the mud. I’ve got to find a… Hey, wait a minute! That’s it! Mud! I can cover myself with mud; it will cover all my shiny yellow paint. Just do a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Oh, this is gonna be great!
Here I come! I’m gonna find you, Rex, because I am the best finder! I found you, Rex, because I am so good at finding! Wow, you really got a good disguise this time, Rex.
I see you! Oh no, those are just yellow leaves. Hmm, I thought that was you for sure. I don’t know, Rex. I give up. Come out, come out, wherever you are! I am right here!
Wow, rocks! That’s an amazing disguise. What are those? Those are the tracks that Sandy’s caterpillar treads make. We can follow these and they’ll lead us right to her. Great idea, Zack! Let’s go!
Hello, okay, this way. Yeah, look, there’s some tracks here. Wait, hey, look, there’s more over here! Come on, let’s go!
Uh oh, where did the tracks go? I can’t see them. It’s because this is a rock. Sandy leaves tracks on soft dirt but not on rock. I guess we have to try again. I thought following her tracks would work.
What should we try next? I don’t know. I guess we should just keep looking. Let’s see… Maybe we should… Oh wow, I don’t even know where to start. Wait, Zack, look! You left tracks!
Yeah, Sandy left tracks before she went on the rock. She must have left tracks when she drove off the rock. Oh yeah, okay, let’s look!
Oh look, here they are! All right, we picked up the trail once again. Let’s go! Come on, let’s go this way. Keep following the tracks.
Hey, where are they? They’re over here! Come on, Lily! Okay, I’m coming! We’re hot on her trail!
Look, the tracks lead this way. Oh, we’ve got her now! Uh oh, look, Zack, the tracks stop at this tall grass. I don’t know which way she went.
Oh yeah, I don’t either. What are we gonna do? We just need to try again and come up with a new way to look for her.
Hey, that grass looks pushed over. Yeah, Sandy must have gone through there and pushed the grass down too. Yeah, let’s go!
Zack, she is one clever dozer! Yeah, she’s really good at this. I’m having a great time! Me too, Zack, this is so fun!
I found your tracks again! Hey, is that another set of tracks? Yeah, what’s going on? Whoa, look, there’s tracks everywhere! How are we gonna follow all these tracks?
I don’t think we can, Zack. There’s just too many. Looks like we have to try again. Hmm, what should we try next?
Well, we know that she must be around here somewhere. There are tracks all over. What else do we know about Sandy? She’s yellow. Okay, good, let’s look.
Hmm, do you see any yellow? Nope. Uh-uh, yeah, me neither. But I think I see something else! That pile of leaves and brush on that rock there! Exactly! What else do we know about Sandy? She’s a bulldozer. And what do bulldozers do best? They push things into piles just like that.
Do you think she’s hiding in there? Yeah, let’s go check!
Oh, you found me! Wow, Sandy, you’re great at hiding! So did I win? Well, Dottie, it’s way too hard to find you if you go really high or really far away. I can’t fly, so if you go too far, I’ll never find you.
Oh, sorry, Zack. I guess I just went further away like you said. Oh, I did say that. It’s okay, we’re Zerbies. If at first we don’t succeed, we try again.
Okay, okay, I think I’ve got it now. I need to hide not too close and not too far. Yeah, but you also… I’m ready, Zack! Not too close, not too far, just right!
Okay, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Okay, don’t go! One, two, three, four, five…
Ten! Ready or not, here I come!
Hmm… How did you find me so fast? That spot I picked wasn’t too close. No, it wasn’t, and it wasn’t too far. Yeah, that’s true, just right.
What? I don’t know about this game anymore, Zack. I don’t get discouraged, Dottie. I played this game a lot. Besides, I didn’t get the chance to give you the biggest tip of all.
The most important thing to remember when playing hide and seek? Secret passwords? Special outfits? No, no, no! What is it, Zack? What is it? Tell me!
Well, you got to be quiet! Okay, I’ll be quiet. No, uh, when you hide, I mean. Oh, okay, but why? Because if you’re making noise, it’s easy for me to find you.
Oh, so your blades make a lot of noise and I can hear them. I should have thought of that. My blades do make a buzzing noise when they keep me in the air. Right!
Okay, one more time. I’m gonna go further away but not too far, and I’m gonna find a place to land and turn off my blades so I can hide.
Okay, one, two, three… All right, I’m just gonna go over here. Good!
Ready or not, here I come!
That’s a good hiding spot, Dottie! I can’t see you! Uh, maybe over here?
Let’s see… No! Oh, I think you finally figured this game out, Dottie! I don’t know where you are! Come out, Dottie! I give up!
I’m right here, Zack! Did I do it right? Was that a good hider? Was I? You were fantastic, Dottie!
Yay! I love this game! Can we play again? Now only this time can I count and you hide? Yeah, yeah, great idea!
All right, just hold on to your hubcaps. I’m gonna be the best seeker ever! Okay, count it! One, two, three, four…
Uh-oh, Lily, we have a problem! We do? Can’t you hear my horn? I can hear your horn loud and clear!
So what’s the problem, Zack? The problem is that it sounds like it’s coming from everywhere. The water makes it seem like the sound is coming from all around me.
You’re right, that is a problem. But you know what Zerbies do when we have a problem? Try again! So what should we do differently? Hmm…
Well, sound seems to come from everywhere over water, so maybe instead of sound, we should use vision. Oh, good idea!
Okay, Zack, I know how to do this. Why don’t I bump a tree, and then when you see the top of the tree waving, you can come and find me because I’ll be right underneath it.
Okay, ready? Start waving!
Okay, start now! I’ve already started, Doc! Can’t you see the tree waving at you?
Uh, no, I don’t see anything. Wait, let me look over here. That’s just wind!
Okay, well that tells us something, Zack. Yeah, that I can’t see the waving tree. Yes, but it also tells us that you’re not in front of me or even right near me.
It does? Sure it does! Otherwise, you would have seen the tree waving. Good point!
So now what do we do? We try again, Zerby style! Let’s see, what should we do next? Um, let me look around here. Whoa!
Okay, no, nothing over there. I just got turned around. Um… Oh hey, I see a dead tree! Maybe we can use it to help us!
What tree? I can’t see what you can see because we’re in different places, Zack. Well, can you see the marsh from where you are?
Yeah, I can see the marsh. Do you see a dead tree? It’s really tall and it’s sort of white.
Oh yeah, I do see a dead tree! It’s on my right! Oh, is it? It’s on my left!
Oh, so we’re not near each other at all! Right! But let’s both drive along the shore until we’re right across from the tree.
Okay, if I drive to the right and you drive to the left, we’ll meet in front of the old tree. That’s the plan!
Okay, almost there! Yeah, I’m almost there!
Lily! Zack! Lily! Zack! Where are you? I’m in a big rock right by the tree! I’m also at a big rock right by the tree!
Really? I don’t see you! You got to be around here somewhere! I’m right here!
I don’t see you over here either! Come on, Zack! Are you playing with me? I’m not playing with you! I’m by the big rock by the tree!
What are you talking about? I’m also right here! I’ve gone all the way around the rock! Well, so have I! That doesn’t make any sense!
Wait a minute! Why don’t we both stop by the water? How does that sound? Okay, good idea!
Okay, Lily! Oh, there you are! Really? I found you!
And then a left, and then straight, two more rights, that’s a left, two rights, then another left! Oh, and then a straight, uh, a banana, and a right, mud puddle, bathtub, and oh no!
And here we are, Rex! I think we should head back before we forget the way!
Uh, which way do we go? Left, right, um, then, uh, a banana!
Sorry, Zack, I have no idea! Yeah, it was a lot of turns!
Rex, we need some more help! Thanks for getting us out again, Chase!
Don’t worry, Zerbies! Like I said, this maze is so hard, no Zerby has ever solved it! I’m sure we can do it; we just need to try again!
But what should we do this time? I don’t know! Let’s look around!
Answers are everywhere! You’re right, Zack! Answers are everywhere! Come on over here!
Do you see anything? No, not yet! Oh hey, look! A trail of rocks! Let’s follow it!
Hey Phil, you left a trail of rocks! Hey, Zerbies! I’m just moving some rocks from one pile to another. I must have dropped some!
Wait, Rex, I think I found the answer! Quick, put some rocks in your dump and follow me!
Okay, here’s my plan: you drop a trail of rocks and then we follow the trail back out! Oh, okay, let’s try!
Okay, I’ll go first and you follow me! Okay, here I go! I’m gonna start by jumping!
There we go! Starting the path and putting some rocks down there and over there! Keep coming this way!
I got a nice little trail going on here! It’s working! We can follow the rocks all the way back!
Okay, let’s keep going! Dumping rocks!
Okay, we’re at the center. Let’s see if our plan works! Which way should we go to head back out? All the exits look the same!
Yeah, but only one has rocks! Yeah, let’s go!
Okay, did we come this way? Well, we must have because look, there’s rocks! Oh, well that means we’re on the right track!
Look, Rex, there’s the gate where we started! We did it! Yay! And the rocks are there so that we can always solve the maze again!
Oh, hey guys! I was cleaning up my rocks and I saw some in the maze there, so now I’ve cleaned them all up!
Ha ha! Phil, those were for getting out! Oh, sorry! What do we do? Back into the maze? Let’s solve it again!
Oh, all right! Yay! I’m coming too! Oh yes, I get to solve it again! This is gonna be fun! All right, behind you!
Oh, a little more to the right! Oh, too far to the right!
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